Using Security Tools Tutorials
Host Security / Anti-Virus pt. 1
Subtitles of the Movie (Using Security Tools / Host Security / Anti-Virus pt. 1)
Now, from the topic we're about to discuss, you may be saying why as a security professional do I need to be taught how to use anti-virus software? We're not really going to teach you how to use anti-virus software but I am going to bring up a couple of good points about it and it doesn't really matter which anti-virus software you use, whether its MacAfee, whether it's Symantec, Norton products or some of the free products; ABG Free, ClamWin and so forth. They all have common things that you need to know about them. We're actually going to look at a couple of finer points; one that I want to make about how to use anti-virus software to clean infected computers. So basically we all know what anti-virus software is. It's used to detect and eliminate certain viruses and malware. Now, no matter what anyone will tell you, there's no anti-virus software or any anti-malware software in the world that kills all viruses and malware. It just doesn't happen that way. Normally I recommend this, as a security professional and you should recommend to your clients as well that they use more than one type of program to defeat viruses and malware on their computer. They might use a particular anti-virus software and also add a particular anti-malware software to that just to make sure that they get everything or most things. Some key points that you need to let folks know and that you probably need to know as well is that the frequency of signature updates is very important. Installing it once doesn't do you any good if you never update the signatures and keep them updated so that new viruses and new malware threats can be detected and eliminated. Also important is automatic scheduling. You need to schedule anti-virus and anti-malware software to run on a recurring basis, not just once every six months but on a frequent basis and you might want to also take the time to do manual scans. Another thing that I want to point out is how to use anti-virus software to clean infected computers. Now, anti-virus software is very good but, viruses rather and malware is getting more sophisticated as well and a lot of times one of the targets of malware and virus is to turn off anti-virus software. That actually happens quite a bit so you don't know you've got a piece of malware because your anti-virus is not set to detect it or it's turned Off. It may look like it's running but in actuality it's not. That's why I want to show you a couple of examples of products that might be very useful to use in conjunction with a normal anti-virus software. Let's say you use Semantic or McAfee or ABG Free. Those things you would run on a normal basis but there's a couple of good products out there that can also help you out when those things are turned Off when a piece of malware, particularly a piece of nasty malware, has turned those off and I want to show you how to use those to clean infected computers. Anti-virus software that you can find is basically for all platforms. I'm going to find it for Windows of course but you're also going to find it for Macs and Linux. Now, a lot of people say Macs and Linux don't get viruses but that's not necessarily true. They are fewer and far between out there, but there is malicious code that is written for Linux and Macs so there is some anti-virus software written out there for them as well. Let's go ahead and take a look at a couple of products that we can use in Windows to clean computers after they become infected and after their anti-virus has already been disabled.
Tutorial Information
| Course: | Using Security Tools |
| Author: | Bobby Rogers |
| SKU: | 34068 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-88-2 |
| Release Date: | 2009-12-04 |
| Duration: | 9 hrs / 91 lessons |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |
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